On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:32:31 -0500, JJ <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Looking up the hill, I could see lots of brown. Huh. What to do?
>
>The little good angel on my left shoulder said, "Almost 50 years old, and hiking
up to ski
>a run on an inch or two of snow, on a sawed in half snowboard, in the dark?"
The little
>cherub added as a kicker, "you have two kids and an ex-wife to feed! Forget
about it!"
>
>So glad I ignored his little voice, urging me to turn tail...
>
>Because it was really, actually, truthfully, AWESOME.
>
>The snow gods have been stingy, yes, but they had blessed Mr. Mad River
and myself
>with just enough, styro-foamy old snow, topped last night with a half inch or
so of creamy
>fluffy stuff, that an astute junk-boarder could follow the lead of the
headlamp, and find
>the bliss on the skier's right or left. Once we realized the goodness wasn't a
mirage, off
>we hooted, unexpectedly laying sweet wind buff powder turns, down, down
down those
>storied trails! It was skiing, people. Good skiing! Thank you Mr. mad River, for
>believing....
>
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